#argentinantedit

[scaloneta]

Di Maria all laughs during Training Session at the Humberto Grondona Camp, in Ezeiza, Argentina.

[manusneuer]

                                                             happy birthday,                                                                      lionel messi!

[thebarca]

Lionel Messi of Argentina reacts during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Round of 16 match between France and Argentina at Kazan Arena on June 30, 2018 in Kazan, Russia.

[lornashores]

countdown to world cup 2018: national team posters ›› ARGENTINA (want one?)

[diegoalvesisgod]

Players & AUs

Lionel Messi - Bakery AU

Owning a bakery was his dream, one that he would pursue no matter what, no matter how crazy it sounded. So a mortgage, a loan and several sleepless nights later, Leo found himself standing behind the counter of his own bakery. Everything around him was his own work, family recipes, his grandmother’s and great-grandmother’s. There was real butter where there was supposed to be real butter, and real chocolate where it belonged. All was fresh and it smelled like home. His friends were shaking their heads, telling him he’d never get rich that way. You need to save up on this and that, make as much as you can on one piece, they’d say. He never listened.    The bills started to come and it was difficult, but he never strayed from his dream. His friends were right. He would never get rich this way. But he didn’t care. The biggest reward was the delight on his customers’ faces when they took the first bite.

[thebarca]

Lionel Messi sits on the ground during a training session open to the public as part of the team preparation for FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 at Tomas Adolfo Duco Stadium on May 27, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[thebarca]

Lionel Messi of Argentina holds the France match pennant prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Round of 16 match between France and Argentina at Kazan Arena on June 30, 2018 in Kazan, Russia.

[thebarca]

Lionel Messi only seems like the least interesting man in the world. Listen closely and his silence speaks louder than most athletes' shouts.

Do we expect more than that from our superstars? Or should we? It isn't as though Messi doesn't give us anything, you know. When he plays and the ball settles at his feet, he allows us to imagine with abandon, allows us to dream with our eyes open.

But we also know that once the ball rolls to the side, he will vanish. We know there will be no memorable advertising campaigns or political endorsements or social commentary or calls to action from Messi, know that he will not lead us anywhere other than toward the goal. With Messi, we will get only these instants. These moments. These flashes.

And it is enough because it has to be. Because Messi does not worry if we want more or need more than that from him, because Messi does not worry at all.

For the quietest superstar, the game is all that has ever mattered. The rest is just noise. x